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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Afghanistan	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	1,330

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.